Demo Class Notes (Janice – Jesse)

i traveled there with my family with my husband and my daughter so it’s pretty much about a child thing, you need to, it’s not like lovers go there, like family go there. we went to a lot of place like the zoo and we went to kyoto and osaka and nara. So nara is the most impressive place for me and we really enjoy there because there’s a lot of deer, so we feed them with the specific cookies. it’s close to nature and with a lot of japanese students they go in there for the school campus.

i traveled there with my family which included my husband and my daughter so it was pretty much for my daughter / the things we did were pretty much for children. it’s not like a couple going there, it’s more like a family going there. We went to a lot of places like the zoo and we went to kyoto, osaka and nara. Among which nara is the most impressive place for me and we really enjoyed it because there were a lot of deer, so we fed them with a particular type of cookie. it’s close to nature and there were a lot of japanese students who went there for the school summer trip.

i traveled / took a trip / went on a tour / went on holidays there with my family which included my husband and my daughter / young daughter / toddler / little girl so / therefore / which meant it was pretty much / mostly / basically / essentially for my daughter / the things we did were pretty much for children.

Pronunciation

play – playc

AEIOU – rounded with focus on long vowel sounds in the middle + eh for egg.

speaking (chinglish vocab + grammar + sentences) / listening / pronunciation

Grammar

have
eg. I have many friends
haven’t done
eg. I haven’t traveled to America
don’t have
eg. I don’t have an iPhone
there are / there aren’t
eg. there are many people in China

about – subject of things like books, movies, conversations
for / designed for
eg. I had a trip for my marriage = honeymoon

I have a friend who is from America
I have a friend from America

who / which

Vocabulary

people walking very fast – fast pace of life / people rushing around 

lover – couple
eg. this place is for couples, not single people

catch – get / understand sth
eg. sorry I didn’t catch you

catch up – to make yourself at the same level as sb else
eg. I caught up with my colleague over lunch = we talked and I gave them all of my updates and they gave me the same
eg2. they are all much more advanced than me so I need to catch up to them